Texas politicians have been working to strip away the freedoms of LGBTQIA+ Texans for years, but one thing is certain: we will always show up to protect each other, no matter what.
Trans Texans will continue to show up in this world and shine brightly. #txlege
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In that case! 😁 We've made a helpful list of things that help people sleep better at night:
⚫️️the right bed for your back
⚫️️supportive pillow(s)
⚫️️not viciously ripping away healthcare from trans kids in Texas 🏳️⚧️
⚫️ no caffeine before bed
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Klick, a longtime nurse: "It's not healthy to go without proper rest. With stresses of session, it's important to maintain the healthiest lifestyle possible. It's my intention to adjourn the hearing by midnight."
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Join us in the fight for our lives. We'll be in the outdoor rotunda at the Texas Capitol at 1 pm, along with our beautiful and strong community of partners, families, friends, and allies.
If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to act, this is it: We need you. It's time.
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This is targeted, vicious, and unconstitutional discrimination. Even debating this bill — and the entire 137 bills filed this session that directly target LGBTQIA+ Texans — is harmful to our community.
We won't accept this hateful bill.
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Research shows that the healthcare targeted by this bill is:
✅ safe
✅ effective
✅ and life-saving.
But Texas politicians want to cruelly strip away this vital care for trans youth — while allowing the same care to be provided to any other young person for any other reason.
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We’re in the #FightForOurLives as Texas lawmakers continue their all out attack on our trans community —
Join us midday TOMORROW at the Texas Capitol as we fight back.
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There’s a lot happening with the onslaught of attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community at the #TXLEGE right now, and we can’t fight it alone.
We need everyone in the fight for a safer, more inclusive Texas for all THIS Monday.
Join the fight with us 👇
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Young trans people know who they truly are. Providing them the essential healthcare they need improves their mental health and lowers the risk of self-harm.
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Abortion saves lives. Criminalizing this necessary healthcare in a state with a staggeringly high mortality rate for pregnant people is barbaric.
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Join us at the Texas Capitol on Monday, March 27 as we fight for our lives. #txlege
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Trans adolescents face an unprecedented attack in a new bill. Some lawmakers want to take away control from parents and stop doctors from giving our community the care we need.
Every Texan deserves the right to control our own bodies and access the care we need — no exceptions.
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🚨 #TXLege Emergency Action Alert!
Hearing scheduled on Monday (03/27) for HB 1686!
We need you at The Capitol on Monday.
We need everyone at the Capitol on Monday.
Show up on Monday. Drop a card. Sign up to testify.
This is a #FightForOurLives
#LGBTQ #LGBTQRights #TransTexas
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Drag is joy, acceptance and liberation.
Texas officials have no place in restricting drag performances just because they are uncomfortable with our art forms.
Every Texan deserves to be able to express ourselves fully without intimidation from lawmakers.
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🚨AUSTIN: Come out to the Texas Capitol tonight 🚨
Our LGBTQIA+ community is under attack. Let’s show up for each other!
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“Don’t Say LGBTQIA+” bills will censor classroom instruction, isolate LGBTQIA+ students, and make it harder for everyone to receive a high-quality education.
Let’s build a Texas where our students know they are worthy of dignity and visibility. #txlege
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Whether our hair is long or short, straight or curly, locked or braided — our hair should not be a barrier to opportunities in school or in the workforce.
There is no place for race-based hair discrimination in Texas. #PassTheCrownAct
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YES ! Speak it!
We’re proud to support , , , , and , alongside so many others, for the All-In for Equality Advocacy Day rally today at the Texas State Capitol.
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A Houston-area police department’s new drone technology raises major First Amendment issues.
Drones have the power to track outdoor movements of all people wherever they go, threatening our right to privacy
We need resources, not more surveillance.
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Some Texas lawmakers are trying to pass bills to make it easier to censor books and lock up librarians.
Librarians teach us to read, learn, and share ideas on essential subjects and their work should be celebrated not criminalized.
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We’re on the ground supporting , , , , , at the All In for Equality Advocacy Day.
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Amidst a hateful wave of attacks against LGBTQIA+ Texans at the #txlege, we continue to show up for one another.
Together, we’ll keep working for as long as it takes until every Texan is valued — no matter how we identify or who we love.
#AllInForEquality #YallMeansALL
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Police brutality is an epidemic. And there is power in an informed and engaged community.
Remember: You have the right to record police.
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Texas politicians have no right taking away our freedom to make life-saving healthcare decisions with our family and doctors — whether we’re trans or not.
We won’t let them. Join the fight at aclutx.org/volunteer
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Eligible Texas voters of every race and background should be able to make our voices heard without the fear of state officials locking us up and ripping us away from our families and lives.
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This anti-drag bill is yet another political attack against LGBTQIA+ Texans.
All of our rights are threatened when the government tries to ban life-saving health care, censor our identities, and prohibit artistic expression that has existed for centuries.
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It's in the Constitution — Texas doesn't have the right to enforce immigration policy.
Instead of overreaching into federal jurisdiction, Texas politicians should help border communities by investing in programs and infrastructure that meet our needs.
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This isn’t new. As Texans of all races and backgrounds continue to elect leaders with new visions for our communities, politicians in Austin have been trying for years to invalidate local laws and oust local officials.
We can’t let them.
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The takeover of Houston ISD is part of a much larger campaign by state politicians to override elections they can’t win and replace leaders they can’t control — especially in majority Black and brown communities.
Think: school boards, local government, judges.
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IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Two people holding signs at the Texas State Capitol. The person on the left has a sign that reads "Protect Trans Lives." The person on the right has a sign that reads "Accept Existence of Expect Resistance."
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Learn more below about what's happening at #TXLege as a Lege Insider at aclutx.org/lege-action-hub. And find ways to join the fight at aclutx.org/volunteer.
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Texas politicians have launched yet another vicious attempt to deny trans Texans our right to survive and thrive.
No matter our race, gender, or sexuality, we’ll keep fighting together for a Texas where all people are respected — no exceptions.
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The #TXLEGE is fast-tracking its hate by debating four anti-trans bills in a single hearing on the same day.
Trans Texans: We love you. Nothing can steal our dignity and worth.
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What HISD needs:
✅ More resources
What HISD doesn't need:
❌ More out-of-town politicians dictating what students can read and how educators can teach
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The state takeover of HISD is not about public education — it's about political control of a 90 percent Black and brown student body in one of the country's most diverse cities.
And it's not what our students and teachers need.
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BREAKING: State officials will seize control of Houston ISD, the biggest school district in Texas.
This hostile takeover threatens to close schools, drive out teachers, and take away the power of local communities to elect their own leaders.
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